The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1887-07-02

Corn is foot above the ground.
New potatoes-S1.50 so per bushel.
Butter sells at sixteen cents per pound
- Counterfeit silver dollars are ia cir
culation.
"A new Lutheran church will be erected
at Allentown.
Wallace G. Co.'s circus will be here on
the 9th instant.
TO the burgess--Stop fast drying.
Signed: The people.
Those who worship at the shrine Of
Tulip soap arise purified.
Handsome designs in fine silverware
at E. II. Hollis, Mauch Chunk.
AN effort is being made to organize a
Sons of Veterans Camp at White Haven.
Don't fol get Dildine Snyders picnic
In the new park at Parryville on the
4th.
--Messrs. Lentz and MONTE are erecting
two dwelling houses on Northampton
street.
"A new pavement is being laid in front
of Mahon Richards residence on North
ambton street.
"A tramp who stole box Of Tulip soap
concealed his identity by washing himself
with cake of it.
| On and after July 1st the new high
licence law will be thoroughly enforced
throughout the state.
"A runaway herse dashed down Bank
street Monday afternoon causing consider
able excitement No body hurt.
"A number of Lehightonians accom-
panied the Josiah Conley excursion round
the Switchback Saturday and Sunday.
The New High-Arm Davis is, to-day,
the queen of sewing machines 1t is hand
some, simple, substantial, and easy run
ming.
Beyond doubt the finest selection of
fine gold watches in the county cat be seen
Chunk.
Harry Jones, superintendent of the l..
& w. Coal Co., at Plymouth, was caught
between the rolls and ground to death,
Saturday.
Don't miss the game of ball between
the Lehgh Valley engineers and firemen
on the old fair grounds at eight o'clock
Monday morning.
Our bona file circulation is unquestion-
ably larger than that of any other county
paper. Reason-we give all the latest and
best news fer S1.00 per year.
Under the law, person who finds lost
property and keeps it with out making
every reasonable effort to find the owner. is
guilty of larceny. Remember this:
The grand jury of Berks county has
given the tax collectors in that section a
''rating old shaking up owing to a
failure TO make prompt settlements.
"A Polish girl, aged eighteen, by name
lsadere Seretiski, was horribly beaten at
Nantcoke Monday. A man AIMED Yono-
witch was her assailant. He escaped to the
} mountains.
For the week ending on the 25th inst,
there were 1l6, 100 tons of coal shipped over
the l.. &; S. R.R., "a total to date of 2 343, ,o5s
tons, showing an increase as compared with
same date last year of l4s, 100 tons.
For the week ending June 25, there
were 133,474 tons of coal shipped over lhe
Lehjgh Valley railroad, making total to
date of 4,0S0,S ,S94 tons, and showing an in
crease of $50, ,S3S tons compared with same
date last year.
Charles Spencer,of Philadelphia, plead.
ed guilty at Wilkesbarre Tuesday, and was
sentenced to pay S25 fine and costs and tc
| M ~ L., 1t
penitentiary for a burglary committed in
ShckshinnY.
If any thing occurs in your Eeighbor
hood that you would like to see in the
) paper, write the facts on postal card
sign your name-not for publication bu
as guarantee of good faith-and it vii
r find place in our columns.
, Daniel Wieand will open his eating
! house and ice cream saloon this Saturday
evening at 6 o'clock, with everything choic,
S and seasonable. Call and see him, in tn,
building on Bankway, formerly occupied
by the CARBoN ADVOCATE.
: leopold Meyer, of the Dolonsburg Ho
tel, has first-rate accommodations for 81,
0 or eight good boarders, at $3.50 per week
u Persons who wish the comforts of hom
+ should not miss this opportunity. Leopolt
= keeps nice clean and quiet place.
On SATURDAY., July 2, the members o
u the Union Sunday school at Bowmanstowi
D, will picnic in the beautiful grove at tina
e place. Prominent speakers will be present
d the Bewmanstown band will dIscours
q music and a good time generally can b
expected.
It All the necessary tools tor first-clas
@ biacksmsth shop, together with about on
q hundred horseshoes, lot of old iron an
r bellows for sale cheap. Apply to Owe
d Rehrig's, Lehigh street. Rare chance 70
any one intending to go in the blacksmith
'e ing business. If
s. The Declaration of independence wa
IS laid before Congress, June rs, 1776. o
N July 2, 1776, the resolutions to declare th
N colonies independent passed the body. o
July 4, 1776, the declaration was agreed tS
il and thus commenced the republic of tn
lr United States of America.
at Your attention is directed TO the az
al vertisement Of Robert Walp, which appeal
K in another column of to-day's paper. NJ
w. is now nicely located in his new buil'
81 ing opposite the L. V. round house, @
IN Bank street, and has in stock fine assor
es ment of general store goods.
IS "A game of base ball on the old ia
y, grounds Wednesday afternoon between Il
D. Blue Stockings OF Slatington and the L
highton club resulted in victory for Il
Ne former club by score of seventeen
Is nineteen, About three hundred peop
in witnessed the game. The multitudlnol
On amount of extemporaneous growing
an dulged in by the Blue Stockings was 4
he unpleasant feature of the game,